how one person can loose everything coz of their attitude.

This film wasn't great but it certainly wasn't bad either. I think that movie had potential, unfortunately it was unable to reach that full potential. Stamp of Judgement: Decent

C est une fois de plus au fond d un garage que commence l aventure pour deux frangins et leur petite startup. Une startup rapidement coté en bourse qui attire l attention de nombreux investisseurs. Si le rythme du film est plutôt régulier, il est loin d être vide de sens. Le personnage ambigu, égocentrique et décapant de Tom est joué a la perfection par Josh Hartnett. Parfois manipulateur mais toujours tranchant, déshumanisé par son entourage qui ne sait plus a quelle facette de l homme elle a faire. Le monde des affaires, tout puissant, l emportera finalement sur la paternité de l entreprise. Une histoire passionnante, perspective d une mécanique économique bien rodée qui ne laisse aucun faux plis.

Stays at this forced level of intensity for the entire movie and you know exactly where it's going from the start.

I was impressed with this work. The overall 'message', which seems to be 'enjoy the benefits of capitalism, but in moderation', is probably the right message for the current turbulent times.

If you enjoyed The Social Network, but found it somewhat mainstream , try this as a more intellegent alternative. Good cameo by David Bowie. He sure put Tom in his place

From the get go you are totally lost, i was kinda holding on to the fact the Hartnett was playing the jerk, selfiish playboy so I kept watching. To much going on in the movie with all his other problems but none of them are ever resolved, every bit of this movie was left open-ended. I kinda felt like I was reading a cliff's notes version of the flick. The characters were all choppy and had the depth of a puddle. I wanna call Austin Chick and ask him if he can refund 90 minutes of me and my girlfriends life, well only about 20 of hers she fell asleep.

Storyline wise, this movie doesn't have much to offer at all. I spent the whole movie waiting for something...ANYTHING to happen...and was left disappointed once the credits rolled. The only thing that I gave this movie the stars for was how amazing Josh Hartnett was in it. He really showed his abitlity to act unlike he has ever done before. Too bad his talents were wasted on such a mediocre film.

Before "The Social Network", there was August. There were some remarkably good lines. Josh Hartnett still has IT. It did look indie.. because it was. You may not like it or you may just fall asleep. In my case, spending one and a half hours of my weekend with this film is worth it. :D

"August" is theoretically a movie about a guy who runs a dot com that starts off huge and then spirals into oblivion and how he tries to save his company....but...nothing happens. At all. Harnett, as Tom Sterling, doesn't do anything to actually try to grab hold of the reigns...his ex-girlfriend randomly walks back into his life for no reason, and he has issues with his father. Those issues are never mentioned...nor is the actual function of Sterling's dot com. And then a random appearance by David Bowie. I mean...WTF? Avoid at all costs.

Nothing fabulous, but not a total piece of crap, especially since Josh Hartnett is VERY easy on the eyes. Entertaining; some good lines here and there in the script.

This was a superbly acted movie. The charming and arrogant Tom Sterling was so spot on it was chilling and uncomfortable at times. Josh Hartnett best performance yet as he made me not like this character. I felt for his brother and all that was around him. Tom get what he deserved in the end.

Interesting solely when viewed as an aesthetic antecedent to The Social Network, with its shadowy interiors and pulsing dark electronic soundtrack, but this is a small story that made for a small movie. There's nothing wrong with small movies, of course, but August's ambitions run deeper; it's got some Very Important Things to say about the stock market, and tech, and Faustian power-grabs. Also noble, but when Josh Hartnett delivers a puerile anti-capitalism monologue halfway through the film and is universally applauded for it, the movie's intentions become both clear and undefendable. The movie discourages us from clashing with Tom Sterling's perspective, and even though that big caps-locked HUBRIS stamp ultimately brings him down, it obviously wants us to see him as a misunderstood, insecure bad boy of business. August's ridiculous bias hits its boiling point with an insane, scenery-chewing performance by Rip Torn, where he growls about Oreos and attacks Josh Hartnett with some quasi-Enron "it doesn't do anything if you can't explain what it does" argumentation. See? He's just trying to prove to his grumpy blue-collar daddy that he can work too. Do you guys get it yet? If you don't, we can repeat the scene almost verbatim forty minutes later. It's hard to tell if Tom Sterling is a failed character because of the script or because of Hartnett's performance. He seems to have a rich understanding of the material (he also produced the film), but I think he lacks the range of expression required to humanize this character. Really, despite what August wants us to think, Tom really just comes across as an incompetent asshole. Short of an effortless deflation by David Bowie late in the film, he's actually part of very few substantial events through the course of the story, so there aren't many opportunities to see him react other than trying to overwhelm his problems with sheer bullheadedness. I guess it's a deficiency of writing, for the most part, but the point is that it's a character piece that fails. It's unique, and not a total disaster, but August is entirely skippable.

A superficial look at a superficial, transient, era. Could have been so penetrating, could have used the artistry and photography to analyse, not merely depict, the conflicts and conundrums of hi-technology vs. high finance. An appropriately ambiguous ending for a movie which lost the plot (if there ever was one to lose?) says it all by saying nothing.

90 minutes of my life wastes. I would have been much more entertained watching reruns of The Office.

just kinda killing time with this.

It just seems to end.

I didn't get this movie. I was lost from the beginning. The only good thing going was the beautiful cast including David Bowie. The storyline was terrible and nothing ever gets resolved. Skip this one altogether.

The deeper meaning that Hartnett's character experienced is lost on an isolated story that never chooses to expand its significance to the world around it. Stylistically, Director Austin Chick felt the need to constantly remind the viewer of the time period the film was set in (through interspersed nightly news shots of "current" events) because its authenticity was constantly at odds with the costumes that were markedly late 2000s as opposed to 2001.

Only made it about half way through this one. Was boring! Just couldn't get into it... And I like movies about technology and internet stuff, so that's saying something!!